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1 Video Resource List Recommended Resources: Secondary PTS (Post-Traumatic Stress). Definition Secondary Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) can occur when living with someone with diagnosed PTSD and their symptoms. A household with PTSD is one on edge, looking to avoid triggers, and working to maintain calm. Over time, a caregiver or children may begin to show mirroring signs of secondary stress. While it is not identified in the DSM-5 as a disorder, it occurs roughly 50% of the time in spouses and 40% in children (NAMI 2015). Caregiver PTS Brannan Vines stress-disorder-ptsd Treatment options Clinicians/CGs Clinicians who work with families may show increased tension and preoccupation with the stories and you may hear vicarious trauma or VT. If it happens to them, it can happen to you. Spousal PTS veteran-shares-experiences/. afflicted Child and Family PTS Traumatic_Stress_Disorder&Template=/Cont entManagement/ContentDi NAMI Resource , full downloadable brochure for PTSD summary, Secondary PTS and see pages 11 & 12 for child PTS.
2 Proprietary Recommended Resource List by VeteranCaregiver, a division of WiseHealth, Inc. May be shared with attribution and all resources should be researched by the user for individual benefit. All rights reserved. Updated June 2015.
